moving hardrive

[RyJaMu]

Hi, i was wondering can i install windows 7 onto my hardrive on my optiplex 320 and then move the hardrive onto my gaming computer at home optiplex 755?

 

[PP Mguire]

You'll probably wind up with a blue screen.

 

[RyJaMu]

hm ok thanks for your help

 

[carnageX]

You can certainly try it - you have a 50/50 shot of it working. I've really only ever seen it work on Win7 Pro installs tho - Home Premium never worked, and not even Enterprise would really work. Haven't tried with Ultimate.

There's also the option of Sysprep, which should allow you to swap the drive into the other set of hardware.
Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[PP Mguire]

Ultimate only ever worked for me on AMD setups because each setup was so similar.

 

[carnageX]

I had transferred a Pro copy over across different Intel architectures, all in laptops.

Pentium T2370 -> C2D T7500 -> i7 740qm

 

[PP Mguire]

I only use Ultimate on my machines. Like a boss.

 

[carnageX]

I only use Ultimate on my machines. Like a boss.

My copy of Ultimate is on my desktop that I never use .

Pro I got for free from my school's DreamSpark. Same with Win8..and hopefully my account stays valid for Win10's release lol.

 

[steve10765]

Ultimate only ever worked for me on AMD setups because each setup was so similar.

Worked from my AMD phenom x4 965 to fx 8320, with a completely new build(besides PSU)

Wow, I didn't even know I should've been concerned when I changed my setup

 

[PP Mguire]

Worked from my AMD phenom x4 965 to fx 8320, with a completely new build(besides PSU)

Wow, I didn't even know I should've been concerned when I changed my setup

Yea but what version?

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